Iraqi, Kuwaiti FMs discuss latest regional developments
The flags of Iraq and Kuwait flutter next to each other. Photo: AP
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The spokesperson of the Iraqi Foreign Ministry, Ahmed Al-Sahaf, announced on Tuesday that Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein discussed with his Kuwaiti counterpart Salem Al-Sabah bilateral relations and common interests.
Al-Sahaf told the Iraqi News Agency (INA) that Hussein received a phone call from the Kuwaiti Foreign Minister where they discussed the significant bilateral relations between the two countries and the latest developments in the region.
The talks came one day after Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court annulled the ratification of the maritime navigation agreement with Kuwait.
The Federal Supreme Court in Iraq issued a decision that the ratification law of the agreement regulating navigation in Khor Abdullah is unconstitutional.
The Federal Supreme Court clarified that the ratification of international treaties and agreements, according to the Iraqi constitution, should be regulated by a law enacted by a two-thirds majority in the Iraqi Parliament.
The Khor Abdallah is an estuary located in southern Iraq and northern Kuwait.
The border between both countries divides the lower part of the estuary, but adjacent to the port of Umm Qasr, the estuary becomes entirely Iraqi.
The Iraqi Foreign Minister met last July with Al-Sabah in Baghdad, where they emphasized the need to resolve border issues.
Both officials said at that time that their countries would work towards reaching a definitive agreement on the demarcation of their land in addition to the contested maritime area of the Arabian Gulf.
Experts see that the two countries are trying to solve the decades-long issues that followed Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990.